Do predators cause frog deformities? The need for an eco-epidemiological approach

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 314 B, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 515-518

  Johnson, Pieter T J ^a   Bowerman, Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Sunriver Nature Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ECOSYSTEM; INJURY; LARVA; ODONATA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; PREDATION; RANIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; ODONATA; OREGON; POPULATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANIDAE;

AMPHIBIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANURA; PISCES;

EID: 79251522183     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21369     Document Type: Article

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